Tag Archives: Aviation/Space

Airport security scrutinized after boy flies to Maui in plane’s wheel well

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“Airport spokeswoman Rosemary Barnes said the SJC’s security program ‘meets and exceeds all federal requirements’ and works closely with the Transportation Security Administration and the San Jose Police Department. But the perimeter fence where the boy trespassed is monitored by the airport.  ‘No security program is 100 percent,’ Barnes said. ‘We’re continuing to review video to determine where in fact he was able to scale the section of fence line, how he as able to proceed onto a ramp and get himself into the wheel well of that aircraft.’  Barnes said the boy, under ‘cover of darkness,’ climbed a perimeter fence sometime between Saturday night and Sunday morning.”

 

http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_25607171/santa-clara-teen-ok-after-riding-jets-wheel

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Outernet: WiFi for the World from Outer Space

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“Outernet consists of a constellation of hundreds of low-cost, miniature satellites in Low Earth Orbit. Each satellite receives data streams from a network of ground stations and transmits that data in a continuous loop until new content is received. In order to serve the widest possible global audience, the entire constellation utilizes UDP-based multicasting over WiFi. Although still not common, WiFi multicasting is a proven technology, especially when the data requires only one hop to reach the recipient.  Citizens from all over the world, through SMS and feature-phone apps, participate in building the information priority list.”

https://www.outernet.is/

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6 Bitcoin Customers Confirmed for Virgin Galactic Space Flight

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“Billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson has revealed a handful of people have paid in bitcoin for their place on board the Virgin Galactic spaceship.  Back in November, Branson announced his commercial space flight venture Virgin Galactic was to accept payment in bitcoins and, just two months later, ‘six or seven’ people have already paid for their tickets in the digital currency.  Earlier this month, Virgin Galactic took its SpaceShipTwo on its third test flight, with the craft reaching 71,000 feet – its highest yet.  SpaceShipTwo is a consumer-ready vehicle designed to fly to the edge of space.”

http://www.coindesk.com/richard-branson-6-bitcoin-customers-confirmed-virgin-galactic-space-filght/

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Private Jet Service PrivateFly Now Accepts Bitcoin

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“Private jet booking service PrivateFly.com is now accepting payment in bitcoin.  The company, which was founded in 2007, will accept bitcoins via popular payment   processor BitPay.  Customers can use the company’s online platform, apps and operations team to access a global network of over 7,000 private aircraft, booking charter flights within 90 minutes.  Adam Twidell, co-founder and CEO at PrivateFly, said he has followed bitcoinclosely since the beginning of 2012.  The company specialises in rapid-response flight requests, so Twidell wanted a payment system to match – something that wasn’t subject to the limitations of banking hours and could be used globally.”

http://www.coindesk.com/private-jet-privatefly-accepts-bitcoin/

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Departing Space Station Commander Provides Tour of Orbital Laboratory

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“In her final days as Commander of the International Space Station, Sunita Williams of NASA recorded an extensive tour of the orbital laboratory and downlinked the video on Nov. 18, just hours before she, cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency departed in their Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft for a landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan. The tour includes scenes of each of the station’s modules and research facilities with a running narrative by Williams of the work that has taken place and which is ongoing aboard the orbital outpost.”

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SkyCraft Airplanes Now Accepting Bitcoin Payments

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“The SkyCraft SD-1 Minisport is the first aircraft that can be bought with Bitcoin. At the current exchange rate, the SD-1 can be purchased for just under 80 BTC, with only a 2.85 BTC deposit required to hold a production slot. All Bitcoin transactions are securely processed using Bitpay through the Buy A Plane page.  We hope this will signify an important moment for both the future of General Aviation and the future of Bitcoin.”

http://www.skycraftairplanes.com/skycraft-airplanes-now-accepting-bitcoin-payments/

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The Model Rockets That Need FAA Clearance to Launch

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“Dirk Gates, CEO of Xirrus, a Wi-Fi technology company, builds model rockets that cost tens of thousands of dollars, take months to build, and need special FAA clearance before they can be launched. In the fourth installment of ‘Off the Clock,’ Bloomberg caught up with Gates in the middle of the California desert, at an event called ‘Roc-tober’ where he explained the connection he sees between firing off rockets and being an entrepreneur.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/video/the-model-rockets-that-need-faa-clearance-to-launch-0mcGgrGoQoSjvh6zcdS5dA.html

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Bipartisan Crack-Up Foretells a Turn Toward Economic Freedom

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“Partisanship and waste. Corruption and scandal. Hyper regulation that stifles entrepreneurship. It seems the only news coming out of Washington these days is bad news. Does it have to be this way? History says no.  For an example, flash back to the 1970s. Government control—and scandal—were the new normal. High unemployment had joined high inflation at the hip. Economic malaise had set in, as it has in some ways today. Yet by the end of the decade, something good happened: We saw massive regulatory reform in airlines, trucking, and other industries—to the great benefit of consumers and the nation. How did it happen?”

http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=4815

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What To Expect Next From The American-US Airways Merger

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“In order to win approval from the Justice Department, US Airways and American agreed to sell 134 take off and landing slots at Washington’s Reagan National Airport, as well as 34 slots at at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. Those slots basically translate to the ability to operate flights from those places.  Late last week, the government gave Southwest Airlines and Virgin America permission to buy the LaGuardia slots. It will mark the first time Virgin America has operated from LaGuardia, where Southwest already has flights.  After the merger, the airline will operate 44 fewer daily departures at Washington National and 12 fewer daily departures at LaGuardia.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/michelinemaynard/2013/12/09/what-to-expect-next-from-the-american-us-airways-merger/print/

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Core Developer to Launch Bitcoin Node in Space

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“Developer Jeff Garzik plans to launch several tiny satellites into space which will serve as a node on the bitcoin network.  Historically, it has cost tens or hundreds of millions to launch satellites into space, but a new generation of privately-funded, bootstrapped satellite services has changed all that.  Garzik’s project involves building ‘cubesats’, which are standard, small-sized satellites, typically measuring 10cm on all sides. These satellites can be launched into space cheaply by piggybacking on other payloads.  Garzik estimates that it would cost just $2m to get one into orbit. Once in space, it would serve as an alternative way to distribute block chain data.”

http://www.coindesk.com/core-developer-bitcoin-node-space/

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